Word: berkson
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...seems to be in search of-it is in desperate need of a subject and a conclusion a good deal sooner than the seven pages it took to reach it. Perhaps if these had been found, such lines as "(terry says/'Schjeldahl is better than Berkson. Bly is better than Olson) I don't know that!" could have been avoided. The poem is prefaced by a note from the Poetry Society of America informing the author that his poems did not receive enough votes to bring him in as a member. One wonders whether the note was included to convince...